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October 12, 2020

When a doctor dies, mind patient records and act fast if heirs are unlicensed

"If one of our physicians dies, what are we obliged to do besides notify the patients and invite them to transfer care to one of our other doctors?" Shareholder Ericka Adler provides her insights in this article in Part B News.

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October 2020

Merely a Footnote

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September 30, 2020

Why Companies Must Ensure Their Non-Solicitation Agreements Are Fit for the Social Media Era

When is "friending" a breach of contract? Attorney Christopher Tackett discusses more in this article. 

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September 18, 2020

Directors & Officers May Face Personal Liability in Subsequent Litigation for Actions Taken During Company Insolvency

Attorney Christopher W. Tackett was recently featured in the Columbus Bar Association's Legal Connections insert in Columbus Business First. His article discusses potential liability for actions taken during company insolvency. 

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September 16, 2020

Civil Immunity for Schools, Businesses, and Healthcare Providers Related to Coronavirus

Ohio House Bill 606 (“HB 606”) provides civil immunity to schools, businesses, and healthcare providers that unknowingly spread coronavirus. HB 606 specifies that the definition of person “includes a school, a for-profit or nonprofit entity, a govern...

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September 15, 2020

Ensure HIPAA Compliance with a Remote Workforce

"HIPAA generally requires that covered entities, such as medical practices, take certain precautions to protect a patient’s protected health information (“PHI”). PHI can include basics such as patient’s name and address, medical condition, date of se...

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September 15, 2020

DOL Updates FFCRA Regulations, Effective 9/16/2020, in Response to Federal Court Decision

In early August, a New York federal court struck down a number of Department of Labor (DOL) regulations applying the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) as invalid. Specifically, the Court invalidated regulations: (1) limiting paid le...

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2020

Review of Quasi-Judicial Decisions

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September 14, 2020

EEOC Acknowledges Limitations to Its Enforcement Powers in Recent Opinion Letter

It is not often that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issues opinion letters.  It is less often that the EEOC publicly acknowledges limitations to its enforcement powers.  However, both of these events occurred through an opinion is...

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September 10, 2020

Cannabis Industry Updates

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (“MORE” Act) In September, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the MORE Act. This would legalize marijuana at the federal level, which is currently still listed as a Schedul...

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September 09, 2020

EEOC Provides Additional Guidance on ADA Compliance During COVID-19

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has once again updated its guidance regarding employees returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. A revised Q&A document published on September 8, 2020, addresses another set of common question...

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September 05, 2020

The Growth of BIM and Its Impact on Contractor Risk

"Though its wide adoption is a recent phenomenon, Building Information Modeling has been in existence since the 1970s. Early software applications that modeled buildings came to be in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The term “building model” in this...

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September 01, 2020

Florida Governor Extends Mortgage Foreclosure and Eviction Relief until Oct. 1

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a new executive order that extends mortgage foreclosures and eviction relief until October 1. Executive Order 20-211 does not make any further changes, but only extends the same language that was already in place...

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August 28, 2020

Ohio Supreme Court Grants Interim Revival of Madison Local’s Resolution to Allow Employees to Carry Concealed Weapons

On August 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio, in Gabbard v. Madison Local School District Board of Education, granted the Board’s Motion to Stay the March 30, 2020 decision of the Twelfth District Court of Appeals, which reversed an order approving...

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August 24, 2020

Wellness Services May Pose Compliance Risk

"There are many ideas about how to best combat COVID. Some proposed solutions are medical, while other focus on “wellness,” which can include IV vitamin infusions, peptide therapy, hormone therapy, infrared saunas, acupuncture, and other non-traditio...

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August 24, 2020

HHS’ FAQs Address Restrictions on the Transfer of Provider Relief Fund Payments in Healthcare Transactions

Purchasers and sellers of healthcare entities that received or intend to apply for Provider Relief Fund payments need to be aware of the restrictions on the receipt and transfer of those payments.  By way of background, Congress established a $100 bi...

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August 20, 2020

HHS Announces that it is Now Accepting Applications for Provider Relief Fund Phase 2 General Distribution Payments From Certain Medicare Providers

On August 10, 2020, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a release announcing that certain Medicare providers are now eligible to submit applications to receive Provider Relief Fund Phase 2 General Distribution payments.  HHS had...

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August 17, 2020

Federal District Court Judge Denies Request to Enjoin the Enactment of New Title IX Rule

Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols for the District of Columbia ruled that the new Title IX rule, first issued by the Department of Education in May of this year, could move forward as planned. Judge Nichols’s decision came after 17...

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August 11, 2020

Federal Court Strikes Down DOL's FFCRA Regulations

Last week, a New York federal court struck down a number of Department of Labor (DOL) regulations applying the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) as invalid. The Court determined the regulations exceeded the DOL's regulatory authorit...

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August 03, 2020

The High Risks of Neglecting Fiduciary Duties in Start-Up Firms

Columbus attorney Christopher Tackett was selected by the American Bar Association to publish his article: The High Risks of Neglecting Fiduciary Duties in Start-Up Firms in the Journal of the ABA’s Business Torts and Unfair Competition Committee. Mr...